IAQ Learning Institute

  The ongoing pandemic puts indoor air quality issues in the spotlight, however, IAQ concerns predate COVID. For example, schools across the U.S. already faced an IAQ crisis in their buildings prior to the coronavirus. In fact, in early 2020, the U.S. General Accountability Office (GAO) published a report revealing that roughly half of U.S. […]

In recent years, employers have come up with an array of office perks and benefits to attract workers and keep them happy. While free snacks and beverages are a nice perk and unlimited vacation days sounds nice too, a healthy work environment is what workers need most. That includes the air we breathe. About three […]

As school started in the fall, we examined ways in which IAQ impacts schools and universities. We also looked at how school buildings benefit from improved indoor air quality. Next, we presented various methods and services for correcting school IAQ issues. We also noted that the pandemic offers a rare opportunity to administrators for improving […]

In early 2021 schools and businesses across the country continued to reopen even as the Delta variant of COVID-19 emerged in the U.S. This created school and workplace safety concerns. We covered topics that stressed the importance of air purification to restore worker confidence. We also discussed how schools used funds from the American Rescue […]

  Many of us breathed a collective sigh of relief as 2021 began even as we remained cautious about the future. However, 2021 brought new challenges with COVID-19 including new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Other indoor air quality concerns resulted from buildings left empty during shutdowns. That included the growth of mold and bacteria […]